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No Trip to the Mall
...broker who is knowledgeable about all aircraft, but especially the type of aircraft you own and are building. Not all brokers understand kit aircraft, so make sure to look for...
Maintenance Matters
...basin and beyond since 1973. Born into a family of builders, it was only natural that he would make his living as a contractor and spend his leisure time building...
Sam LS
...building simple, robust, two-place aircraft with relatively low acquisition, operating, and maintenance costs. The success of the AULA concept in Canada served as one of the many sparks for the...
Trike to Dragger
Everyone says you have to fly a taildragger to be a real pilot. Succumbing to such nonsense, my airplane building buddy, Ed Zaleski, and I decided to convert our tricycle...
Metal Magic
...you supply the material for the frame, and the kit includes the lifting mechanism, roller wheel, a set of anvil wheels, and instructions for building the frame. Plan Your Track,...
Aero ‘lectrics
...Ranger (or a variant) onto your airframe, but hoisting an FM broadcast antenna onto your plane might possibly be done if you are building a C-5 Galaxy. What We Can...
Wind Tunnel
...learn a lot in the process of building and flying the model that will help in the design of the full-scale airplane. Are the rudders large enough to compensate for...
HP-24
...builders to spend hundreds of hours building alignment jigs. There is a lot of time and energy that goes into addressing the worry over straightness, and this is a bigger...
Build or Buy?
...that is often found on Internet bulletin boards and forums dedicated to homebuilding—should a person build or simply buy the airplane they want? Many years ago, people built airplanes because...
From the Inside Out
Blue tape on the wall behind the pilot and seat provide a way to scale the photograph for digital use. Building an aircraft that fits the pilot is nothing new;...
In Case You Missed It
Roll Your Own
Builders Ken Scott and Ken Kruegers unique project is off the drawing board and into production. They're working with the engine builder, the wing is behind them, the nosebowl is taking shape-and the fuselage is taking over the living room;
Aero ‘lectrics
Jim Weir continues the project he started last month as he attempts to bring a little intermittence to a homemade tone generator so that it will go beep, beep instead of one long beeeeeeeeep when alerting you to an out-of-norm condition.
The Home Machinist (Part 8)
In his continuing series, author Bob Fritz discusses the ins and outs of threads including how to avoid seizing, types of threads, sizing, drilling holes, using a tap-drill chart, and matching fastener dimensions.
The History of Homebuilt Gyrocopters
The AutoGyro has come a long way in more than a century of flight.